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Create Document

Learn how to create and nest documents in NocoDocs.

Documents in NocoDocs are organized in a hierarchical tree structure, allowing you to create top-level documents and nest child documents under them.

Free plan allows creating up to 3 documents in NocoDocs. Plus plan and higher allow unlimited documents.

Create a New Document

  1. Open the base where you want to create a document.
  2. In the left sidebar, locate the Docs section.
  3. Click the + button next to the Docs header.
  4. A new untitled document will be created and opened in the editor.
  5. Start typing to add a title and content.

Create a new document from sidebar

Create a Nested (Child) Document

  1. In the sidebar document tree, hover over the parent document.
  2. Click the ... icon that appears on hover.
  3. Select "New Sub-document"

Create a nested document via sidebar hover

Documents can be nested to any depth. Child documents are lazy-loaded — they appear when you expand their parent in the sidebar tree.

Add a Document Icon

Each document can have an emoji icon for quick visual identification.

  1. Open the document in the editor.
  2. Click the ... icon that appears on hover.
  3. Select "Change icon"

Create a nested document via sidebar hover

The icon will appear alongside the document title in the sidebar tree & along with the document header in the editor.

Document icon

NocoDocs

Create rich-text documents directly inside your NocoDB bases.

Actions on Document

Rename, reorder, move, and delete documents in NocoDocs.